Consider the tradeoffs before setting a data region policy

Selecting a specific region doesn't provide performance improvements or fine-tuning for your network or data access. Take the the following factors into consideration before making your decision:

Users outside the region where their data is located might experience higher latency in some cases. This could happen while: ​

Editing shared objects in real time across regions​

Sharing files, such as documents, with someone outside the user's region

Traveling internationally

In rare cases, when a data region has been selected, users outside that region might lose access to the data due to events beyond Google’s control (for example, natural disasters).

Set the organizational structure

Skip this step if you want to choose only one data region for all of your users.

You can choose a data region for all of your users or different data regions for specific groups or departments. To choose data regions for specific groups or departments, place them in organizational units. For details, see Add an organizational unit.

View data regions progress

Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

From the Admin console homepage, go to Dashboard.

Scroll to Info cards at the bottom.

In the Summarycard, you can view the overall progress of the data move at a domain-wide level and also by region. You can view the progress of data moves for individual services by region in the United States and Europe cards. For more details on move progress reporting, see View move progress.